Google Search Console vs. Squirrly SEO

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Google Search Console
Score 9.1 out of 10
N/A
Google Search Console is a search engine optimization software solution offered by Google.N/A
Squirrly SEO
Score 9.9 out of 10
N/A
Squirrly is an SEO plugin.
$29.99
per month
Pricing
Google Search ConsoleSquirrly SEO
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
Pro
$29.99
per month
Business
$71.99
per month
Agency
$75.99
per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Google Search ConsoleSquirrly SEO
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Google Search ConsoleSquirrly SEO
Features
Google Search ConsoleSquirrly SEO
SEO
Comparison of SEO features of Product A and Product B
Google Search Console
6.2
54 Ratings
22% below category average
Squirrly SEO
6.7
4 Ratings
14% below category average
Keyword analysis8.346 Ratings8.14 Ratings
Backlink management4.642 Ratings7.03 Ratings
SERP ranking tracking7.044 Ratings6.34 Ratings
Page grader5.032 Ratings8.24 Ratings
Competitive analysis2.017 Ratings7.03 Ratings
Site audit / diagnostics7.646 Ratings1.02 Ratings
Site recommendations6.343 Ratings8.24 Ratings
Task management8.518 Ratings8.14 Ratings
SEO Channels
Comparison of SEO Channels features of Product A and Product B
Google Search Console
7.0
51 Ratings
8% below category average
Squirrly SEO
8.2
4 Ratings
8% above category average
Local SEO4.536 Ratings7.24 Ratings
Social SEO8.019 Ratings8.24 Ratings
Mobile SEO7.648 Ratings9.04 Ratings
Global SEO8.042 Ratings8.24 Ratings
SEO Platform & Account Management
Comparison of SEO Platform & Account Management features of Product A and Product B
Google Search Console
8.1
51 Ratings
4% below category average
Squirrly SEO
7.7
4 Ratings
9% below category average
Multi-domain support8.045 Ratings7.34 Ratings
Integration with web analytics tools8.248 Ratings8.14 Ratings
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Google Search ConsoleSquirrly SEO
Small Businesses
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Score 10.0 out of 10
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Score 10.0 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Advanced Web Ranking
Advanced Web Ranking
Score 8.2 out of 10
Advanced Web Ranking
Advanced Web Ranking
Score 8.2 out of 10
Enterprises
Conductor
Conductor
Score 9.2 out of 10
Conductor
Conductor
Score 9.2 out of 10
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User Ratings
Google Search ConsoleSquirrly SEO
Likelihood to Recommend
9.2
(54 ratings)
7.3
(4 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
9.0
(6 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
6.1
(8 ratings)
7.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Google Search ConsoleSquirrly SEO
Likelihood to Recommend
Google
There are lots of tools and platforms that help us rank well on search engines. While that is helpful, we do need to know how those efforts paid off. This is where Google Search Console comes in. It is vital for every business or website trying to rank well on search engines to have Google Search Console so that they can track their performance and make necessary adjustments.
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Squirrly Limited
It is lightweight, very efficient and can be integrated in WordPress as well. When organizations want to optimize their content online, Squirrly SEO is probably the best option. It shows you exactly what needs to be improved on your page and makes suggestions. Moreover, the Focus Pages feature scans your pages and provides you with a probability of your ranking for the specific keyword.
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Pros
Google
  • You can also submit your sitemap directly to Google and get it crawled.
  • You can also index and crawl you updated and new webpages.
  • It also displays errors that are preventing your site pages to get indexed in Google.
  • You get a list of all the keywords for which your site is ranking.
  • You can track its position, CTR and impressions.
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Squirrly Limited
  • Content optimization
  • Provide SEO tasks for a beginning user to follow.
  • WordPress site optimization.
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Cons
Google
  • It can be a little difficult to navigate
  • More training resources would be an asset. A beginner is given the power to completely destroy a sites search results at the push of a button. Likewise it is a powerful tool to enhance search results also.
  • An option to take care of multiple versions of the same site simultaneously would be helpful. An option to use the same validation script across all versions and administer them simultaneously would be a time save (i.e. non-www, www, http://, and https:// versions of the same site).
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Squirrly Limited
  • Separate the marketing emails from the knowledge based emails.
  • Fix it so the plugin just works... like Yoast does.
  • Get live chat.
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Usability
Google
It's easy to use, but some features are lacking a clear explanation. Somethings don't always match up. For example, the Core Web Vitals often doesn't match what you would see in the Chrome Lighthouse report or the Google Page Speed Insights tool. The tool itself is a little too basic and has to be used alongside other SEO tools and other Google properties such as Analytics
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Squirrly Limited
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
Google
As with all Google software, your primary source of help is their forums, their knowledge base articles, or whatever tutorials you can find on the web. Often answers on their forums are not straightforward and may not address the actual issue you're experiencing. The KB articles are typically written like instruction manuals - for better or for worse. Tutorials on the web may vary, but the odds are good someone out there had the same questions as you and was kind enough to document their experience.
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Squirrly Limited
Whilst no live chat, you do get an answer.
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Alternatives Considered
Google
SEMRush is a supplementary tool we use to provide competitive analysis. While it does, or should, provide the same data that Search Console does, but I only fully trust Search Console when it comes to basic performance in Google for the sites we develop and own. SEMRush, and other products like it, does provide much more in-depth insights that can help drive business decisions, including site performance on other search engines, along putting organic and paid search performance in one spot. However, SEMRush costs money while Search Console is free.
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Squirrly Limited
It just works even a no tech like me can figure it - takes a while to learn but worth it for sure
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Return on Investment
Google
  • Given that this is a free tool, the return on investment has been particularly high - we've identified and addressed a few site issues that could have meant a reduction in search traffic.
  • Our organic search traffic has been on the rise in part due to the insights gained from the search traffic analytics provided within the console.
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Squirrly Limited
  • It has allowed tasks to be completed in a timely and efficient manner.
  • The software has increased the rankings and reach of the organization, thereby increasing the number of people visiting the company's website.
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